◈ 036. [STAGE 2] No business in front of quantity
Two days later.
Stage start date. morning.
The wall repairs were finally completed.
“There are a lot of things that I had to finish in a hurry because I didn’t have time. It will be enough to function as a castle wall.”
I gently patted the head of the stone masons’ guild, who seemed to be bowing his head.
“You did a great job. You did a great job.”
The well-groomed castle walls glistened in the morning sunlight.
My heart sank when I thought of the manpower and money that went into repairing this wall.
Chunk! Chunk!
In the middle, a newly installed automatic turret moved its barrel with a menacing sound.
I stroked the large gun barrel like I was petting a dog’s chin. I’m not even trustworthy.
‘I have enough supplies.’
Arrows and cannonballs piled up on the walls were visible. There is enough space to evenly drive dozens of monsters into their bodies.
‘I also expanded the troops.’
I could see old soldiers checking their armor and armaments on top of the castle wall.
Twilight Troops.
They were soldiers of the Cross family who had been protecting this city for the rest of their lives along with Margrave Cross.
It is said that the original size was about 1,000, but with the retirement of the Marquis, most of them scattered, leaving about 300 people.
‘Gamjidukjiji.’
It’s not just three hundred people.
Sambaek is a veteran of veterans who is more familiar with this front than anyone else and is good at killing monsters.
Now that each and every soldier is grateful, this support couldn’t be better.
It was decided to give all of them a bonus on their weekly wage.
‘The formation of the kill zone was also finished a long time ago.’
The wooden fence wall, also known as the kill zone, that restricts the movement of monsters has been completely repaired.
Not only that, there were lots of small barricades and traps sprinkled all over the way to the southern wall.
On the top of the castle wall, there are many artifacts and cannon ballistas that have been repaired.
“The preparations are complete.”
I spit out confidently.
“Come as much as you like, monster!”
In the 700+ resets I’ve played through this game, things have never been this good from the start.
Confidence soared. It seems that I can clear the stage without any problems no matter what unexpected variables arise.
All right! All right!
Just then, a soldier on horseback rushed in from outside the wall. He is a soldier of the reconnaissance unit that has been dispatched since yesterday.
“Report from the scouting base!”
The soldier screamed at his throat.
“The monsters are coming!”
“… !”
At the same time, a faint vibration began to vibrate under my feet.
A thick cloud of dust rose from the distant horizon. It means that the head of the monsters has reached that place.
I turned on the stage information window and put it in front of me.
[Enemy Information – STAGE 2]
– Lv.? ??? : 3 bodies
– Lv.5 giant rat: 3251 bodies
– until start: 10 minutes
The battle begins after 10 minutes.
“They’re coming soon! Do not relax!”
“yes!”
Lucas and other officers responded to my command in unison.
‘It’s reliable.’
Seeing that strong figure made my heart feel lighter. I grinned.
That was the last time to check the situation of troops and prepare for battle.
“huh?”
I frowned.
I turned my gaze to the south, wondering when the rat corps would appear.
Far beyond the horizon… … someone was standing
“… ?”
I rubbed my eyes, wondering if I was mistaken, but I wasn’t mistaken.
Someone was standing calmly on the southern field where the rat monsters would soon come.
A man dressed as a minstrel wearing a pointy cone hat.
“What is that guy?”
Lucas approached me, confused.
“Why is that, Your Highness?”
“Lucas, I see people over there… .”
Turning my head to Lucas, I stretched out my hand to the south and looked south again, but I said,
“Huh?”
Meanwhile, the conical bard had disappeared.
Beside me, who was frozen, Lucas was puzzled.
“I can’t see anything, Your Highness.”
“Damian!”
I urgently called Damian. Damian, who was touching his crossbow from the other side, came running in a hurry.
“Did you call me, Prince?”
“Can’t you see someone over there?”
Damian carefully examined the direction I was pointing at, but before long he shook his head slightly.
“I can’t see anyone, Prince.”
“… .”
If you can’t see Damian, it really means no one is there.
Goosebumps ran down his spine.
‘Did I see something wrong?’
It would be nice if it was really like that.
What if I’m not mistaken? What if there really was someone there?
‘Then what the hell was he doing?’
I heard a faint sound in my ears, feeling ominous.
Doo doo doo… … .
The earthshaft began to rumble.
“Hey!”
I gritted my teeth and looked south again.
Doo doo doo doo-!
It was a gray wave.
The water mirror finally came into sight, and a swarm of 3,000 giant rats was flocking to the south of the city.
Even though there is a considerable distance, the stench of the gutter vibrates. The smell of pestilence permeates the nostrils.
I clenched my fists tightly.
‘You have to be calm.’
No matter how many of them there are, whether or not something seems futile, there is only one thing I can do anyway.
‘I stop them.’
I did my best to prepare. Now just kill as many monsters as you can.
Doo doo doo doo-!
The lead of the rats approached the wooden fence wall of the southern field. I raised my voice and cried out.
“Prepare artillery units to fire!”
The artillerymen fired their cannons in unison. I stretched out my hand vigorously and said,
“Shoot!”
shouted
pop! Beopbeobung!
A deafening sound followed.
Nettle liquid –
The shells that cut through the air and hit the ground at the end of a long flight.
Quagwagua light… … !
It raised a cloud of dust and crushed the lead of the rats.
[Enemy Information – STAGE 2]
– Lv.? ??? : 3
– Lv.5 Huge Rats: 3154 (Kill Counts: 97)
Close to 100 rats were shattered in the first shelling alone.
“Yes!”
I clenched my fists as I inspected the literal shattered monsters.
“Freak it all out!”
It’s just a lot of numbers, it’s no big deal, you rats!
***
Boom! Kwagwagwang!
A wooden fence installed in the field south of the fort.
As the monsters advance along the fence, their speed slows down and the line of movement gets twisted. We pour crossfire on it.
This is Killzone.
The lead of the rats couldn’t get out of this labyrinth of slaughter, and the kill count went up terribly.
‘There are too many of them and they come in groups.’
In other words,
‘If you pour in an area attack, you can deal with a lot at once!’
About 30 minutes had passed since the start of the battle, and not a single rat had escaped.
[Enemy Information – STAGE 2]
– Lv.? ??? : 3 bodies
– Lv.5 giant rats: 2327 (Kill Counts: 924)
Nearly a thousand rats have already burned to death in the crossfire.
I was a little worried because there were too many monsters, but there is no problem at this rate.
It was the moment when I was trying to put my mind at ease while watching the rats being smashed helplessly in the killzone.
rumble… … .
“uh?”
A corner of the wooden fence wall suddenly swayed.
Kirik Kirik-!
Giant rats climbed over the fence and began crawling out with a tearing rat cry.
“?!”
Frightened, I quickly picked up the telescope and looked at the spot.
“This crazy.”
The inside of the wooden fence was piled high with the corpses of rats.
The bodies of the dead piled up and piled up, so they fell over the fence wall.
After that, an army of rats climbed over the corpse and escaped through the fence.
Kiriririk-!
Like a blocked dam overflowing.
In an instant, they climbed over the fence and started pouring out of the kill zone.
“Damn it!”
I unknowingly spat out curse words.
No matter how quickly the kill zone collapsed, I thought it would only happen after killing more than half of them.
I couldn’t believe the corpses piled up and climbed the wall. I didn’t even think about it.
‘It’s still okay though!’
I quickly ordered the artillery units to change their aiming points and prepared the ballista units.
‘It’s quite a distance from the killzone to the castle wall, and it’s covered with all sorts of obstacles! You can buy a lot more time!’
but.
There was one thing I overlooked here.
Doo doo doo doo-!
It was the speed of the rats.
The guys pouring out into the wide plain were filthy fast.
Besides, they’re at most about the size of a large dog. In other words,
Tung! Do-do-doong!
Too kwok… … !
It cannot be hit by large, slow ballista arrows.
“Fucking rats!”
“If you fly needlessly… !”
The soldiers spat out curse words and continued to pour cannons and arrows.
It was not an unusually difficult thing to hit the guys who were pouring in and spreading out like waves in a wide field.
Kirik! Kiriririk!
Doo doo doo doo-!
Bending their small and nimble bodies, the rats ran across the field.
Except for the cannon’s blast and the soldiers’ lucky arrows… … They were closing the distance almost unhindered.
“Suck!”
Push! Push!
Next to me, Damian fired his crossbow nonstop.
At least the arrows shot by Damian were knocking them down one by one, but there was no jaw with this.
‘Of course I was considering them reaching the walls.’
At this rate, far more rats than I expected would reach the walls… … !
It was then.
Wooooooooooooooooooong
!
A beautiful, heavy mechanical sound rang out.
Do-do-do-do-doo!
Dozens of turquoise magic bullets were fired with a pleasant sound that resonated in the eardrums.
The magic bullets that flew like bullets raked the ground, and high deflagrations rose from the field where they were hit directly.
Magic bullets swept the area like a whip. All the rats in the path were exhausted and collapsed.
“Oh my God this is happening!”
I looked around with an almost moved face. I saw a moving building with its thick gun barrel clattering.
The newly summoned auto-defense turret!
I nodded as I tapped the gun barrel, which was burning with heat, with my fingertips.
“As expected, auto turret is the best for tower defense.”
This game genre is on the character defense side, but whatever!
The automatic defense turret fired a bunch of magic bullets like a whip.
The bullets that poured out like a danmak shooting game effectively kicked the rats out.
However, it cannot defend the entire battlefield.
And there are thousands of them.
Rats were still pouring in from outside the range of the automatic defense turrets.
Besides,
ugh… … .
Auto-defense turrets, having run out of ammunition, entered a reload sequence.
Naturally, there was a hole in the central grille, and
du-du-du-du-du-!
The rats were now pushing towards the center of the wall.
